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Bryan Ferry amongst stars at Sotheby's Red Cross party

18.11.09
Bryan Ferry was among the guests who attended the 150th anniversary of the Red Cross at Sotheby's. ... more

Art auction boosts coffers of African charities

22.09.09
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Hospital's nice little urner after Grayson Perry sees heart surgery

08.09.09
Artist Grayson Perry watched open heart surgery before creating a work which is to be auctioned to raise funds for a hospital... more

Old Masters art sale defies the downturn

09.07.09
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Art buyers put their money on Doig as the next Hockney

01.07.09
Christie's defied the chill of recession to stage a £19million auction of contemporary art in London - with 86 per cent of the lots selling... more

Picasso matador makes a dashing £7m at Sotheby's

25.06.09
The Alice in Wonderland world of art defied reality as Picassos climbed to £7million and a Monet to £6.3 million at Sotheby's and Christie's summer Impressionist and Modern Painting sales in Mayfair and St James's... more

Sotheby's halts auction of their ‘stolen’ painting from fly tip

22.05.09
A £100,000 painting is at the centre of a dispute between Sotheby's and the descendants of a British colonial officer... more

£4m true blue diamond for sale

27.04.09
One of the rarest precious stones in the world went on show in London before it is sold at auction next month... more

Weird world of the arty hedgie

26.03.09
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Bidders pay £7m to own Versace 'gem'

19.03.09
Possessions from the Italian lakeside home of the murdered fashion designer Gianni Versace sold for £7 million at auction - more than double the asking price... more

Versace star lot withdrawn over theft fear

17.03.09
An 18th century masterpiece billed as the star lot in the auction of Gianni Versace's possessions has been withdrawn by Sotheby's amid fears the painting was stolen... more

Sotheby’s £17m sale heralds the return of ‘real collectors’

06.02.09
Lovers of both contemporary art and Damien Hirst went to Sotheby’s last night for the first sale since a nuclear explosion hit this market in New York last November and wiped 20 per cent off prices... more

£13m Degas dancer proves art market still has legs

04.02.09
Applause rang out at the big winter sale at Sotheby's of Impressionist and Modern Art when four bidders sent the price of a Degas bronze dancer up to £13.2 million - a runaway record for any sculpture by him... more

Sales test state of art market

28.01.09
Dozens of masterpieces are going on show in the run-up to the first major London auctions of the year... more

Bottom falls out of contemporary art market

12.11.08
Damien Hirst's 14ft-wide spot painting Ethionamide failed to reach its reserve price of $850,000 at Sotheby's in New York last night... more

Why I was banned from Damien Hirst’s £120m gamble

15.09.08
Tonight sees the start of the historic auction of 223 new works by Brit Art’s favourite son. But for our contemporary art critic, who has incurred the wrath of Sotheby’s, the sale is a huge risk that could bring the whole market tumbling down ... more

Celebration as Sotheby's sale tops £100 million

26.06.08
Sotheby's is celebrating after more than £100 million was spent during a night of record-breaking art sales... more

Russian art set to make £30m

06.06.08
More than £30 million worth of Russian art will be sold by Sotheby's next week... more

Rothko's orange earner

14.04.08
A post-war painting by the American Mark Rothko which is expected to make more than $30 million (£15 million) at auction has gone on show in London... more

Bono's art auction raises £21m for Aids fight, making it one of the BIGGEST ever charity events

16.02.08
Art collectors splashed out £21.6million at a Valentine's Day auction to benefit the fight against Aids in Africa, making it one of the biggest ever charity events ... more

Capital's most expensive art sale

01.02.08
The most expensive month of art sales in London kicks off on Monday, when paintings with an estimated value of £530 million go under the hammer.... more

Art brings home the Bacon in £38m sale

15.11.07
The American love affair with 20th-century British art saw £38 million spent on two paintings by Francis Bacon at Sotheby's in New York.... more

£20m Van Gogh left on shelf

08.11.07
High profile impressionist paintings failed to sell at auction at Sotheby's in New York prompting fears that art's dizzy boom could be nearing an end. ... more

Wallow in the unique glory of hippo art

16.05.07
A 144-piece porcelain dinner service decorated with fine pictures of hippos is to go on display at Sotheby's in London next month.... more

£5m splashed out on a Canoe at record sale

08.02.07
A Sotheby's sale of modern art in London has made a record-breaking £45.8 million with thirteen works sold for more than a million pounds each. ... more

Sotheby's £95m art sale bonanza

06.02.07
Sotheby's sale of Impressionist and early 20th-century art in New Bond Street made £95 million - the largest sum ever to change hands at an auction in Europe.... more

Sotheby's reveals £150m lot

31.01.07
Sotheby's has unveiled a remarkable collection of Impressionist and modern art that it expects to sell for £150 million next week.... more

Knowledge is free in London's secret galleries

04.12.06
Sales such as Christie's Old Master Pictures are not just for buyers. The auction houses offer a unique opportunity to glimpse paintings rarely seen in public, says Brian Sewell.... more

Marco to fight for £50,000 fungi

10.10.06
Top chefs are to enter a battle to bag the first giant truffles of the season. Five winter white Italian truffles weighing 3 1/2lb in total will be the star lot at a Sotheby's charity auction.... more

Damien changes his spots

10.10.06
It's a blockbuster modern art sale with a difference. Among the work up for grabs is a new spot painting by Damien Hirst, an etching by Lucian Freud and another box by Rachel Whiteread.... more

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